New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
Dwight Norton currently serves as the Chief Planning & Capital Projects Officer for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, having held various leadership roles within the organization, including Interim Chief of Planning & Infrastructure and Senior Director of Strategic and Long-Range Planning since March 2021. Prior to this, Dwight co-founded Umbrella Collaborative, L3C, and served as Principal from June 2019 to February 2021. Dwight's experience also includes serving as the Urban Mobility Coordinator for the City of New Orleans, where responsibilities included coordinating transportation policy and launching the city's bike share program. In earlier roles, Dwight was the Director of Planning at GCR Inc., focusing on urban planning and economic development initiatives, and held positions as a Senior Analyst at TMG Consulting and a Transportation Planner at Fehr & Peers. Academic qualifications include a Certificate in Urban Redevelopment from the University of Pennsylvania and advanced degrees in Engineering from UCLA and Northwestern University.
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New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
The Regional Transit Authority gets people moving around New Orleans. Our transit services bring hard-working commuters to their jobs, students to their schools, and fun-seekers to entertainment, shopping areas, and restaurants. We provide mobility to residents of the city as well as to large numbers of tourists, taking them to and from their hotels to historical neighborhoods and countless attractions. In fact, many visitors (and locals) ride the RTA’s iconic streetcars simply for the fun of it. In this way, the RTA is a destination in itself. Our streetcars and buses are both a symbol of the city and an essential part of it. For career information and to see what positions are available, visit www.governmentjobs.com/careers/norta.